No USB ports on Ipad!
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From: JEDIDIAH on 23 Mar 2010 17:22 On 2010-03-23, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > > > In article <slrnhqhsp6.mm4.jedi(a)nomad.mishnet>, JEDIDIAH ><jedi(a)nomad.mishnet> wrote: > >> >> You have no idea how the typical user may want to use USB ports. >> > >> > neither do you. >> >> ...sure he does. He probably sees how people use other devices. > > when i see people using laptops, they rarely, if ever, have something Ok. We can safely ignore you now. You are either blind (thus never see anything) or have the blinders on so tight that you never see anything that might contradict the party line coming out of Cupertino. Also, rare != never. Those "rare" bits tend to be the ones that separate the really useful tools from the pointless bits of conspicous consumption. -- Nothing today, likely nothing since we tamed fire, is genuinely new: culture, like science and ||| technology grows by accretion, each new creator / | \ building on the works of those that came before. Judge Alex Kozinski US Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
From: JEDIDIAH on 23 Mar 2010 17:18 On 2010-03-23, Hadron <hadronquark(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > JEDIDIAH <jedi(a)nomad.mishnet> writes: > >> On 2010-03-23, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: >>> >>> >>> In article <hoa6jo$r42$02$1(a)news.t-online.com>, Peter Köhlmann >>><peter-koehlmann(a)t-online.de> wrote: >>> >>>> >> >> USB2 is plenty fast enough for toys like the iPad >>>> >> > >>>> >> > good thing it has usb 2 then. >>>> >> >>>> >> Actually, no, it does not >>>> > >>>> > actually, yes it does. it even includes a usb cable in the box. plug it >>>> > into a computer and transfer music, photos, videos, apps and more as >>>> > well as charge it. >>>> >>>> http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10443031-1.html >>>> >>>> http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/01/ten-things-missing-from-the-ipad/ >>> >>> those say it lacks usb *ports*, not that it lacks usb (along with a lot >>> of not particularly accurate criticisms). >>> >>> the kindle doesn't have usb ports either. why aren't you slamming that? >> >> The kindle isn't being portrayed as anything more than a book reader. >> >> OTOH, the ipad is being overhyped by cult members as the second >> coming. > > What cult and where? Please provide links or are you parroting your Your stupid lies are irrelevant. -- Nothing today, likely nothing since we tamed fire, is genuinely new: culture, like science and ||| technology grows by accretion, each new creator / | \ building on the works of those that came before. Judge Alex Kozinski US Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
From: Mocassin joe on 23 Mar 2010 18:12 "-hh" <recscuba_google(a)huntzinger.com> wrote in message news:98c426b6-65a7-4f9c-a041-6d06aa47b9ef(a)g19g2000yqe.googlegroups.com... chrisv <chr...(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > nospam wrote: > > chrisv<chr...(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > > >> I bet Apple has a very good idea of how to maximize profits > > >most companies do. otherwise they cease to exist. > > You missed my point, idiot, which is that serving "typical usage > patterns" may conflict with their desire to maximize profits by > constraining their customers. Okay, so let's play it you way: > >> by constraining their customers in various ways. > > >nonsense. if people felt constrained they would buy a different product. > > Wrong again, idiot. People will buy the "best fit" product, *despite* > it's shortcomings. Just because "people like and will buy the iPad" > does not mean that USB ports would not improve it, idiot. So then by your rules, the addition of a USB port (and with a price hike), will improve the product, so Apple should do this because it will increase their quantities of sales and, due to the price hike to cover the increase in costs, their profits. So how is it then that they can be as greedy as you claim they are ... and yet fail to add a USB port in order to rake in more gold? Please explain. Steve Jobs. He seems to know what's good for you. I assume he feels you are not capable of making your own choices. Perhaps he's right.
From: nospam on 23 Mar 2010 18:26 In article <slrnhqibva.k1r.jedi(a)nomad.mishnet>, JEDIDIAH <jedi(a)nomad.mishnet> wrote: > they never want to share with their friends and family. the ipad has a nice screen for exactly that, or plug it into a tv. > they never want to burn a CD. netbooks and the kindle don't have cd burners, why should the ipad? > they never want to print a picture. they can print wirelessly, which means no cable to lose either.
From: nospam on 23 Mar 2010 18:28
In article <slrnhqic9j.k1r.jedi(a)nomad.mishnet>, JEDIDIAH <jedi(a)nomad.mishnet> wrote: > Also, rare != never. Those "rare" bits tend to be the ones that separate > the really useful tools from the pointless bits of conspicous consumption. no, rare means it is probably not worth bothering to add features that only a few people actually want to use. does it mean that those people won't buy it? yes it does, but there's not enough of them to matter. no product can be everything to everyone. |